top | item 44651038 (no title) arnavpraneet | 7 months ago Could you provide any links as to this? Was not able to find anything discuss order hn newest layer8|7 months ago See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#VariabilityAnd from the original NOIRLab link: “This discovery answers the longstanding mystery of the star’s varying brightness”. jimmytucson|7 months ago The system’s brightness decreases when the companion star swings around behind Betelgeuse. It also dips when Betelgeuse goes behind the companion star but much less so because Betelgeuse is so much larger.
layer8|7 months ago See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#VariabilityAnd from the original NOIRLab link: “This discovery answers the longstanding mystery of the star’s varying brightness”.
jimmytucson|7 months ago The system’s brightness decreases when the companion star swings around behind Betelgeuse. It also dips when Betelgeuse goes behind the companion star but much less so because Betelgeuse is so much larger.
layer8|7 months ago
And from the original NOIRLab link: “This discovery answers the longstanding mystery of the star’s varying brightness”.
jimmytucson|7 months ago